This is Smoky. I got him from one of my dialysis nurses and he was born on my birthday. He is an absolute pleasure. Very friendly and extremely playful and I have the kitten scratches to prove it. He fills a great void in my life.

Jo-Ann E. Schweid

Waterford

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